The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-04
PROSPERITY.

Miss Ida Dunbar has returned 10 her
home in Union.
Miss Laura McFall has returned home
from an extended visit to Batesburg.
An hour or two can be pleasantly and
prvti;&bly spent ut any time in the \. NJ.
G.. \. room.
We have four churches and four mi,.-
listers in town, and yet the fifth Sunday
in every month these churches are all
closed. Conferences anil quarterly meet
ings embrace these Sundays.
Our merchants are mailing extensive
preparation for heavy fall and winter
trade. Large stocks OF goods are being
iudiciously bought and the forces in the
different houses are being increased.
Rain, rain, rain. The inceSsant rains
for the last two weeks have been un1a-
voratle to cotton, and to young corn on
lowlandS, but favorable to old corn
viii h is now made. The corr crop is
an abundant one. I Tery small portion
has been injured by being overtlowcd.
There is more corn now made in this
section OF country than has been made
in any one year since the war, and II
August should be favorable, the cotton
crop will simply be immense.
A Young Mems Christian Association
has been formed at Macedonia Church,
in the lower portion OF our county.
We would be glad to see more OF orr
country charges forming these associs-
tions. It is often asked what is the Y.
NJ. C. A? What are its objects, etc.
We answer briefly: 1t is an auxiliary, or
important factor in the Christian church.
1t is a place where young men meet and
converse on religious mattet5 only as
Young men alone can converse. 1t is
place where young men Of all dcnom!-
nations can meet without discussing Sec
tional matters or side issues. 1t is a
place where young men become familiar
with Gods eternal word, and learn to
talk about it. 1t is place where young
men learn to pray around the family
altar and to lead in public prayer. 1t is
a place where timidity is worn away,
where the sharp and Jagged places OF
our nature are smoothed and polished,
so as to be bright and shining lights in
the church OF our Rcdeemer. 1t is a
place where all classes of mankind are
sought after in a special manner, and
efforts made to bring them into the fold
of God. 1t is a place where young men
are trained for the high and important
duties OF officers and bold energetic live
working Christian members OF Christ's
Kingdom which every Christian so great
ly needs.
In reading the accounts OF the child
murders and their child-murdercrs, in
Greenville and Barnwell Counties, We
were very forcibly impressed with the
Importance of mothers securing respon-
sible and discreet nurses. In towns es-
pecially, at least two-thirds OF the mo-
theirs have colored nurses OF immature
years, and destitute Of any sympathy or
discretion. For hours, and even half
days, the mothers do not know where
their little treasures are, and to what
tortures their little helpless babies are
subjected by these incons:derate nurses.
We have ourselves seen number OF
these nurses congregate in some scclu-
ded place, where the babies are LETT in
their carriages, or other places, probably
the hot sun, and they proceed to amuse
themselves in a manner suitable to their
depraved natures, and il baby becomes
fretful from heat, sleep or hunger, it is
then >lapped, cuffed, pinched, stuck with
pins and needles, and subjected to other
tortures known only to the irrcsponsi-
BILE nurse. Ii inquiry is made as to the
bruises and marks and savage imprints,
you are blandly Told that baby ''fell
down." bumped her head" ""stick flied
up and hit her." or some other improt-
able reason is given. Mothers, it posi-
Bile, do not employ these immature and
utterly irresponsible nurses. You have
no idea how your little precious treas
urcs are tortured and abused when away
from you. Besides this, these nurses
teach them all manner of rough, uncouth
and indecent language. Mothers, be
careful Of your treasures.
A negro boy about sixteen years old,
living on Mr.. S. J. Morris place, about
five miles south of this place, attempted
to commit the nameless crime upon the
person of the little six year old daughter
of Mr. Morris. The scene was enacted
in corn crib, and the father being near
was attracted thither by his little daugh
tcr's screams and thus prevented what,
in all probability, would have been a
fatal injury. In the moment OF intense
excitement at the the scene which met
Mr.. Morris eyes, or for some other mex
plicable reason, the rufian was permit
ted to escape. Mr.. Morris seems to have
thought best to let the law take lis
course in this case, hence he kept the
matter from his neighbors and the pub
lie until he came and obtained a war
rant Of arrest from Judge Boozer. The
outrage occurred on Thursday evening
the 2Sth inst. The warrant was issued
on the next morning, but it was too late,
the demon in black human attire hao
made good his escape, and thus the gal
lows. or more probably Judge Lynch:
was cheated out of that which he haG
every right and title to. Ifthe citizen:
of the community had been aDprlZed OF